Optimization
Concepts NREC is a partner with Engineous Software, Inc. to provide breakthrough optimization capabilities for users of Concepts NREC's Agile Engineering Design System®. The iSIGHT solution from Engineous provides a complete, integrated optimization environment for virtually any engineering process.
The iSIGHT interface comprises 3 main programs:
- Process Integration for definition and automation of design process
- Problem Definition for selection of design variables, objectives, and optimization plan
- Solution Monitoring for interactive monitoring and post analysis of optimization process
iSIGHT provides the following design benefits:
- Optimizes designs automatically
- Automates tedious design iterations
- Frees designers for more highly skilled tasks
- Supports multidisciplinary optimization
- Works with Concepts NREC programs, client programs, and third-party products
- Already runs with select Concepts NREC programs
- Optimizes design-point and off-design performance
- Optimizes both meanline and blading simultaneously
- Supports persistent simulation codes
- Supports quality engineering methods such as MonteCarlo simulations, reliability based design analysis, and Taguchi's Robust Design
- Rules modules for COMPAL® and CCAD® to provide faster and more effective optimization for centrifugal compressors. Additional rules modules are planned for other Concepts NREC programs
Coming soon:
- Optimization for 3D viscous CFD and stress/vibration.
- Business impact of iSIGHT
- Decrease design cycle time
- Reduce development costs
- Reduce time to market for new products
- Respond more quickly to customer needs
- Improve performance
- Produce superior quality products
COMPAL, CCAD and Agile Engineering Design System are registered trademarks of Concepts ETI, Inc.
ISIGHT is a trademark of Engineous, Inc.




